The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-12-27
San Francisco Letter.

A further reduction in the time OF
the overland railroads has been ar
ranged for, and, next week the time
from New York to San Francisco will
be only days and Is hours, while from
San Fran to New York it will be
) days. The overland trains will in
future leave San Francisco at a. IN.
and p. IN. daily, and will arrive here
from the East at $40 a. m. and 10:40
Il. m. daily. This causes another
change in the departure of the Austria
liam steamers, which will he adver-
tised to leave here in future at p. m.
every fourth Wednesday, beginning
with the Aariposa, ON Wednesday,
January 18th. The Australia's date of
sailing has not been changed and she
will leave here on Tuesday, January
Bird
ID. a. Mckinley, Hawaiian Consul
General, has this week been able to
resume his official duties, but he still
looks far from well, and his face shows
signs of intense suffering.
In politics about the only items of
interest to Hawaiians, so far, are that
Senator Stanford is on the committee
of naval affairs, among other commit
tees, and Will doubtless advocate inn
provements at Mare Island. Senator
Jones, of Nevada, is on the committee
of finance and commerce. Senator
Dolph, of Oregon, has secured places
Oncommerce and foreign relations.
Mr. Frank II. Austin is reported as
having left Chicsgo for England on
December Sth, "to arrange for con-
solidatiOn of the sugar estates on the
Sandwich Islands,
Of, l,C
advanced its prices on all grades of
sugar 9-cent per pound, cube now
selling at ~ cents. No change has
been made in the quotations of the
California Refinery. Raw sugar is
quoted in New York at s. for Cuban,
SO basis so it will be seen that high
figures are maintained. Hawaiian
rice is quoted at $4.379 a $3.50 per
GENITAL.
Robert Garrett, formerly president
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, is
in San Francisco with a party of
friends and relatives. They Will leave
here on Wednesday, December 2lst,
for Honolulu OH the steamer San
Pablo, which has been placed at Mr..
CARROTS disposal by President Croker.
The San Pablo will remain two days
at Honolulu and then proceed to Yoko
hama with the party which consists of
Mr.. Garrett, wife and sister; j. $.
Frick, brother-in-law of Mr. Garrett;
DR.. w. +. Barnard, j. A. Mackenzie,
and Peter Harvey, who is Pacific Coast
agent of the Baltimore and Ohio.
EX-Premier Gibson has been inter-
viewed, in the ECdnlj1cr of Dec. 9th,
relative to Hawaiian finances and the
Wilder and Dillingham; loans. He
gives some facts similar to statements
made in an article in the NelGs Letter,
of which Gibson is very generally be-
lieved to be the author He is also re-
sponsible for the statement that MesSrs.
Castle and Smith accused Attorney
General Ashford of lying to them in
connection with the suit against J. S.
Webb. Mr.. Gibson is also reported to
be writing a book, but he says nothing
of returning to the Islands.
The California Sugar Refinery now
has six vessels, chartered and loading
sugar at Manila and Iloilo for San
Francisco besides two or three that are
on the way They are bringing in all
10000 tons sugar which has been pur-
chased at Il lower figure than was ever
paid for sugar at the PHILIPPINES.
The U. S. State Department is re-
ceiving, from all Central and South
American countries, reports in answer
to five questions as to the sugar inter-
ests of those countries. The questions
relate to production, taxes and other
expenses towhich planters are subject,
import and export duties, extent of
the trade and the countries with
whicd it is carried on. Mr.. Coleman,
L. S. Commissioner of Agriculture,
and several Eastern Senators and Re
representatives. have also applied to
Claus Spreckels for information rela-
tive to the beet sugar industry, and
have asked for all facts and figures that
he can furnish.
1t is believed that Mills, of Texas,
will be the chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means. He has been in
terviewed regarding the sugar tax and
is strongly opposed to reduction of
the tariff on sugar.
The Sugar Bounties Conference in
London has agreed upon the proyis-
ions for an international convention
which the British delegates will en-
body in a protocol.
A case has been argued in the U. S.
Supreme Court which involves the
Treaty relations with Hawaii. About
twenty years ago the United States en-
tered into a treaty with San Domingo
by which each country agreed not to
charge higher import duties on the
products of the other than were i'm
posed upon like products from any
other country. Importers of San Do
mingo sugars claim exemption of duty
on the ground that they are of the
same character as sugars imported
from the Hawaiian Islands. The U.
s. Government maintains that the
treaty with the Islands is a CONNER
cial contract by which Hawaii pays a
valuable consideration for the admis-
sion of certain merchandise to the ports
of the United States. The decision of
the Supreme Court will be regarded
with interest.
Regarding the departure of japanese
laborers for Honolulu by the steamer
Wakanoura Maru, the Japan Gazette
says that some of the emigrants be-
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